After reading the tweet, Ashlyn became confused.She wondered if Gordon had gone crazy.
He had apologized to her in public.
The unprecedented action had gotten her wondering if she had always misunderstood him.
Or perhaps she had never really understood him from the start.
Now that he had taken it further by apologizing on his Twitter account, Ashlyn was shocked and confused.
When she saw Jessie’s message asking her about it, she replied by telling her that it was probably a prank.
There was just no other reason she could ascribe for such an action.
Jessie had woken up quite early in the morning.
The first thing she did was to check her phone, and she saw lots of messages from her friends.
Most of them were asking her about the apology.
Jessie didn’t know either, so she decided to ask Ashlyn.
But half an hour after sending her several messages, Jessie still didn’t hear back from Ashlyn.
She felt that Ashlyn was probably still in bed, so she went to gossip with others.She even called Payne to ask if someone had hacked Gordon’s Twitter account.
But Payne couldn’t give her any useful information and their conversation ended very quickly.
Finally, hours after Jessie sent the messages, Ashlyn texted her back.
When Jessie saw her text, she gave her a call immediately.
Ashlyn was going downstairs when her phone began to ring.She looked at it and saw that it was Jessie calling.She was a bit surprised, but she answered it nonetheless.
“Jessie, I thought you were busy.If you’re free, then just stroll over to my place.”
Jessie agreed immediately and the call was ended.She had already made a rough guess as to what Jessie wanted to say.
They lived very close to each other, so rather than waste time talking to her on the phone, it was better for her to just sit down and eat since she was so hungry.
She was sure that Jessie could be at her door even before she would be done with her breakfast.
Stevie had already left for work, but Vivien was home.
After having her breakfast, she went to the living room to read a book.
When she saw Ashlyn coming downstairs, she put down her book and asked her smilingly, “Did you have a good night’s rest, dear?”
“Good morning, Mom,” Ashlyn greeted, going up to her and resting her head on her bosom.
Vivien smiled as she looked down admiringly at her beautiful daughter.
“Good morning, baby.Go and have your breakfast.I’ll take you shopping later today.”
“Okay, Mom,” Ashlyn nodded.
She would have to fly back to Courtbush later in the evening; she could go shopping with Vivien during the day.
“Jessie will come with us.”
“All right.”
When Ashlyn left her mother and went over to the dining table, one of the maids had already served the breakfast.
“Thank you,” Ashlyn said with a smile.
Then she sat down and prepared to eat.
After Ashlyn had finished her breakfast, Jessie arrived at her house.
When the doorbell began to ring constantly for several seconds, Ashlyn knew she had arrived.
Only Jessie could ring the doorbell like that.
Ashlyn had barely taken a sip from her glass of water when Jessie was let into the house.
Immediately, she rushed straight toward her friend.
“Ashlyn, you…”
Jessie caught sight of Vivien just in time and stopped in her tracks.
“Good morning, Mrs.Ramos.”
“Good morning, Jessie,” Vivien answered with a nod.
“We’re going out by eleven.For now, you girls can have your chat.I’ll go to my room to rest.”
Vivien had gone to bed late the previous night and gotten up early this morning, so she was not at her best.She was still in need of some rest.
“Okay, Mom,” Ashlyn said.
And then she turned to Jessie.
“My mom will take us shopping this afternoon”
Jessie was glad to hear this.She knew how generous Vivien was.
Whenever she took Jessie out shopping, she normally bought a lot of things for her.
Anything that Jessie picked an interest in, she bought it for her.
Jessie had taken a fancy to a bag recently.
“Is it okay if I come along?” she asked on purpose.
Ashlyn looked at her, a trace of a smile on her lips.
“Well, should I can tell my mom that you don’t have time?”
“On second thought, we’re besties.And your mom treats me like her daughter.I don’t need to be formal with you.”
Jessie was afraid that Ashlyn would change her mind, so she quickly said she would come with them.
Ashlyn knew her well.She just snorted and went upstairs to her room.
Jessie got up and went after her immediately.
They both got into Ashlyn’s room and then Jessie locked the door behind them.
“Ashlyn, why do you think Gordon did that? I don’t understand.”
Ashlyn walked to her dressing table and sat down, tying her hair into a bun.
As she began to do her makeup, she answered casually, “If you understand, you can consider replacing Lowell as Gordon’s secretary.”
That was a good one.
Ashlyn mocked Jessie for being stupid and jobless.
Jessie pretended not to understand what Ashlyn was saying.
“It’s obvious from his statement, isn’t it? It looks like he still has feelings for you.No, no.That’s not right.He had no feelings for you before!”
Ashlyn froze at Jessie’s words before wordlessly turning to look at her.
Jessie felt guilty under Ashlyn’s gaze.
“Don’t get me wrong.I didn’t mean Mm anything by it.I just want to analyze it according to what it looks like.I’m not laughing at the fact that Gordon has never loved you.Don’t misunderstand me, Ashlyn.”
Ashlyn broke into incredulous laughter.
“Jessie!”
“Sorry, I was wrong.I was laughing at you,” Jessie said.
“The last part of his statement showed that he was dissatisfied with Devin.He was angry that Devin flirted with you even though he has a new girlfriend.Why do I feel like this apology is a confession of his love for you?”
Ashlyn picked up a pillow and threw it at Jessie’s face.
“You have a really vivid imagination.Why don’t you go join the paparazzi?”
Jessie snorted at this.
“You know what? I think being a paparazzo would be very funny.There are so many stars in Payne’s company, I wouldn’t have to worry about my performance.”
Ashlyn smiled and said, “You’re right.By that time, all Payne will have on his mind is worry about how long his company can run.”
“Hey! Don’t think so badly of me!”
“Oh, I’m sorry.I should have told the truth.You really are that bad!”
They bickered for a while before Jessie became serious.
“Seriously, don’t you think Gordon’s move is confusing?”
Ashlyn continued with her makeup.
“How does it have anything to do with me?”
Jessie was, once again, stunned.
When she came to her senses, she smiled.
“You don’t care about Gordon anymore.That’s awesome, Ashlyn! You’ve moved on without a backward glance.”
Ashlyn didn’t say anything.
Once she was done with her eyeliner, she dusted some compact powder on her face before painting her lips with a tube of vintage lipstick.
“Why do you wear that color?” Jessie asked, looking at Ashlyn.
“We’re going shopping later.”
Ashlyn looked down at the lipstick in her hand and smiled.
“Let them see how gorgeous I am when I am single.”
“You’re right.Make some room for me!”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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